The American Village

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The American Village is a poem by early American writer Philip Freneau that reflects on colonial American life and emerging national identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
poem
associatedWith American Revolutionary era
author Philip Freneau
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre didactic poetry
political poetry
hasPerspective anti-British imperial
pro-American
hasSubject Founding of the United States
surface form: American independence

American republicanism
agrarian ideals
contrast between America and Britain
rural village life
virtue and corruption
influencedBy British neoclassical poetry
Enlightenment political thought
language English
literaryForm narrative poem
literaryMovement early American literature
literaryPeriod 18th-century American literature
mainTheme colonial American life
critique of British influence
emerging American national identity
patriotism
republican virtue
meter heroic couplets
nationality American
notableWork The American Village self-linksurface differs
occupation poet
portrays American colonists
British rule
emerging American character
rhymeScheme rhymed couplets
setting colonial America
timePeriodDescribed 18th century

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Philip Freneau notableWork The American Village
The American Village notableWork The American Village self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Philip Freneau